Coloring Easter hand guards

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[PWC]

I hope those will just be primer coats....

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But of coarse. They will be getting 3 coats of Matte clear coat to go along with stocks painted the same.

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[Allen]

Definitely not my cup of tea but it shows that an M14/M1A looks good no matter what you do to it.

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With in the neighborhood of 4 dozen M14 type rifles in the herd I needed something a bit different. The traditional is fine but can, at times, become boring.
Sure is nice to have so many options.

Viva America

[Allen]

Though personal preference, I like fancy grain wood.

These aren't mine but I have a smaller similar pile, some E2 stocks, a Springfield Inc. camo stock, a McMillian, a laminated stock and a few fiberglass stocks. They all look very different from one another but I only have 3 rifles (3 and a half considering the one I haven't assembled yet) so I don't play dress up very often with them.

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Two applications of matte clear coat and these are ready for curing.



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Though personal preference, I like fancy grain wood.

These aren't mine but I have a smaller similar pile, some E2 stocks, a Springfield Inc. camo stock, a McMillian, a laminated stock and a few fiberglass stocks. They all look very different from one another but I only have 3 rifles (3 and a half considering the one I haven't assembled yet) so I don't play dress up very often with them.

Very nice. Never cared for the E2. They always looked like rejected canoe paddles to me. Only time I ever shot a rifle with one was in Familiarization class in 1967 and thought the standard stock much better for the application.

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I suppose the E2 stock was functional for what it was intended for and that was to help control the full auto firing using the front fold down grip along with the muzzle break and the weight and use of the bipod. I like the hinged buttplate as well--there's no slippage. The pistol grip addition, the way it was made, does look like something a high school woodworking shop would build but I like the feel of it. The original attempt was to produce the M15 but there was hardly any difference so the modifications were just switched over to the M14's. Still, the full auto climb could not be controlled.

" The M15 Squad Automatic Weapon was a modified M14 developed as a replacement for the .30-06 M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle for use as a squad automatic weapon. It added a heavier barrel and stock, two pistol grips (one fixed, one folding) a hinged buttplate, a selector switch for fully automatic fire, and a bipod. The sling was from the BAR. Like the M14, it was chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO.

Firing tests showed that the M14, when equipped with the selector switch, hinged buttplate and bipod, performed as well as the M15. As a result, the M15 was dropped and the modified M14 became the squad automatic weapon. Accuracy and control problems with this variant led to the addition of a pistol grip, a folding rubber covered metal foregrip and a muzzle stabilizer. However, it was a poor suppressive fire weapon owing to 20-round magazines and it overheated rapidly."

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During full auto training with the M14 we were taught to fire from the hip with our left hand on top of the handguard for control. Worked great but during my time in the Corps I was never issued anything but M14s with the buttons. Just as well.

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